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Title: Jane Kinninmont


Angela - May 10, 2006 11:58 AM (GMT)
Jane Kinninmont was guest poet for 'Buzzwords', Cheltenham's poetry cafe on Sunday. If you get the chance to see/hear her - do; I don't think you'll be disappointed. I booked her on the strength of having seen her a couple of years ago - but she has grown and developed since then.

IMO, she successfully straddles the page/stage divide: she has a collection out (by Ragged Raven Press) Seven League Stilettos , but definitely performs, rather than reads, her work. She did two, twenty minute, sets for us and held the audience through every moment. Jane is a small scotswoman with a huge presence; her work ranged through funny, serious, bitter, thought-provoking - all delivered (both memorised and from the page) with spark and through engagement with the audience.

Jane Holland - May 23, 2006 11:31 PM (GMT)
I meant to thank you, Angela, for being the first in this brand-new Gig Reviews section but I was swept away on a tide of other posts around the same time and it somehow didn't happen.

So I'm thanking you now publicly for this review, it is hugely appreciated! And I'm very much looking forward to coming down & across to Cheltenham later this year to sample the Buzzwords experience ...

And here's my trademark emoticon again. :D




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